Survival game YouTube video editor for hire
I’m Kevin Tabares, a long-form YouTube editor. I’ve edited survival videos for Puff, Crazz and DakBlox: hardcore Minecraft and 99 Nights in the Forest. I haven’t edited PC survival games like Rust or Valheim for a client yet. $55–$150 per finished video depending on complexity; up to $300 for some long or complex edits. Free 1-minute test edit on your footage.
Free 1-minute test edit · From $55 per video · No contract · Revisions back within 24 h
9.8/10 average: 20 YT Jobs reviews from 19 client channels, 17 of them a perfect 10/10
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- Video types
- “Day 1 in a new survival game” first looks, day-by-day series with a base, hardcore runs where one death ends the series, themed survival (a cave, a raft, a forest), co-op survival with friends, surviving a monster or a horde
- Editing style
- Survival pacing: a day counter in a fixed corner, the stakes said before each night, the first death or raid shown whole, base building compressed into a time-lapse and the last night played close to real time. The rhythm of the survival videos I edit for Puff and Crazz
- Video length
- Survival videos on big channels run long (PartiallyRoyal’s recent uploads about 1 to 2.5 hours, TBF Gaming’s series episodes 41 to 60 minutes, measured on Oct 18, 2026), and half of my survival videos for Puff run about 36 to 47 minutes, so most land in the $300 package or get a custom quote. I also edit longer: Swaylemc’s full movies on my YT Jobs profile run 60 to 234 minutes.
- Upload schedule
- One video only, 1 video per week, 2–3 videos per week, 4 videos per month or several a week (Mud: about 3 a week). Start with one pilot: the free 1-minute test edit.
- Format
- Long-form YouTube videos are the core. YouTube Shorts cut from each long video on request.
- What you send me
- Gameplay and voice recording, ready to edit, or long recordings that need trimming and story building. Separate mic tracks help.
- Estimated price
- About $55 to $150 per finished video (up to $300 for some long or complex edits), depending on length, raw footage and effects. That fits the ‘$50+’ and ‘$100–$300 per video’ boxes for most long videos. Four videos a month: about $220 to $600 (more for long or complex videos); a $500 a month budget usually covers two to four long videos, depending on length. Exact quote within 24 hours, after a free 1-minute test edit.
- Channel size
- From under 1K subscribers (Mr. Marticson, 834) and small to mid-size channels (ThatNoob 4.9K, Crazz 10.7K, DakBlox 82.6K: 0 to 2M+ views in six months) up to 2M+ (Rex 2.29M, Puff 1.83M, Mud 1.26M)
- Turnaround
- First video in 1 to 5 days, then 1 to 2 days; revisions back within 24 hours
- Track record
- Proven YouTube results: 1,250 videos tracked on YT Jobs and 20 reviews from 19 client channels, 17 of them 10/10. Long-term work: Mud since March 2025, about 3 videos a week.
- Who you work with
- Kevin Tabares, directly. I review every video before it reaches you.
- Channel language
- English or Spanish
- Terms
- Paid in USD by PayPal or USDC. No contract, no minimum.
- Proof in this niche
- Real survival game videos I edited: “Surviving The Obsessed In Hardcore Minecraft” on Puff (1.83M subscribers), 43.7K views; “I Survived Minecraft's Ritual Woods... Here's What Happened” on Puff (1.83M subscribers), 42.9K views
My experience and survival game, plainly
- Proven: My YT Jobs profile tracks 95 videos I edited with survive, surviving or survived in the title, for Puff, Crazz, Puff Blox, Fright Friends, Boffy, DakBlox, Rex & Alexa and BloxWorld TV.
- Not proven yet: PC survival games (Rust, Valheim, 7 Days to Die, Subnautica, Project Zomboid, Enshrouded) and long day-by-day series with a base that carries over between episodes. My survival work so far is Minecraft and Roblox.
- How to check it before paying: The free 1-minute test edit on your own survival game footage, before you pay anything.
Why me
- Survival is the core of two of my current clients: Minecraft survival with friends for Puff and 99 Nights in the Forest for Crazz.
What big survival game channels upload in October 2026
Measured on October 18, 2026, from the 12 most recent videos of three survival channels: PartiallyRoyal, TBF Gaming and Vernz. PartiallyRoyal’s run from about 1 hour 8 to 2 hours 35, TBF Gaming’s from 41 to 60 minutes and Vernz’s from 32 minutes to almost an hour and a half. The formats that keep coming back:
- The first day in a new game: “DAY 1 in the MOST PURE Singleplayer Survival Game on Steam...”.
- Day-by-day co-op series with the day in the title: VEIN and Permafrost, one episode a day.
- Permadeath stakes: “If I Die in This Video, This Series Is Over...”.
- A twist on the setting: alone with your dog in a ruined city, a tribe, a frozen world.
- Hordes and blood moons in zombie survival (7 Days to Die).
How I edit survival videos
This is how I cut the survival videos I’ve edited for Puff, Crazz and DakBlox. Where PC survival games ask for something I haven’t done yet, such as a series with a base that carries over, I say how I would do it.
A day counter that never moves
Day 3, night 2, hour 14: in the same corner and the same style in every episode, so viewers always know where they are when the edit jumps. It is the same kind of counter I keep in every Roblox challenge series I edit.
The stakes before every night
Before each night or raid I keep one line that says what could go wrong (no shelter, low food, the horde coming), so the next section has tension before anything happens. Survival videos die when viewers stop worrying.
The first death shown whole
The first time the monster or the cold kills you, I show it in full so the danger is real. Later tries are compressed with a counter, and the night you finally make it through plays close to real time. In a hardcore run there is only one death, so I build the whole video toward the risk of it.
Base building as a time-lapse
Gathering and building take hours. I would turn them into a short time-lapse with the before and after, keep your comment on the plan, and cut back to normal speed the moment something threatens the base.
A recap for series episodes
For a day-by-day series I would open each episode with a 20 to 30 second recap of where you are (the base, the goal, what went wrong last time), then go straight to the promise of today’s episode.
Night and day sound different
Calm music while you build, then silence or a low drone when night falls, with the game’s danger sounds kept clear. The quiet before the threat is where the scare lands, as in Puff’s survival videos.
Chapters for long survival videos
For one to two hour survival videos I would add YouTube chapters by day or by goal, and level the loudness so a horde attack is not louder than your commentary at the start.
Real survival game videos I edited, plus the closest formats
Survival videos I’ve edited for Puff, Crazz and DakBlox: hardcore and themed survival in Minecraft and 99 Nights in the Forest in Roblox, plus one base-building video. Start with the one that looks most like your channel.
All of these are videos I edited, tracked on my YT Jobs profile. Views from the YouTube Data API on Oct 13, 2026; links open the video on YouTube.
- Surviving The Obsessed In Hardcore Minecraft · Puff (1.83M subscribers) · 43,661 views · 34 min · Nov 4, 2025
What it shows: Hardcore Minecraft survival against a monster that keeps coming back: one death and it is over. - I Survived Minecraft's Ritual Woods... Here's What Happened · Puff (1.83M subscribers) · 42,921 views · 35 min · Nov 25, 2025
What it shows: Surviving a themed world and telling what happened, the shape of most survival series titles. - Surviving the Scorching Caves in Minecraft · Puff (1.83M subscribers) · 61,745 views · 34 min · Nov 11, 2025
What it shows: Survival in a hostile setting where the environment is the enemy. - Surviving 99 Nights with BANNED Classes! · Crazz (10.7K subscribers) · 247,994 views · 18 min · Dec 13, 2025
What it shows: Surviving 99 nights with one rule changed, a survival challenge with a twist. - Surviving in a SECRET HOLE in 99 Nights In The Forest... · DakBlox (82.6K subscribers) · 14,547 views · 14 min · Dec 3, 2025
What it shows: Surviving in a hidden shelter, the base as the plan for the whole video. - I Built the SMALLEST AFK Base in 99 Nights in the Forest… · Crazz (10.7K subscribers) · 7,115 views · 28 min · Nov 15, 2025
Why it's close: Building the smallest base that still works: the base-building part of survival.
Prices and packages
$55–$150 per finished video depending on complexity; up to $300 for some long or complex edits. By finished length:
| Package | Finished length | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | up to 10 min | $55 |
| Standard | up to 20 min | $150 |
| Long | up to 35 min | $300 |
| Longer or feature-length | over 35 min | custom quote |
Survival videos usually run past 35 minutes, so they get a custom quote; shorter ones land in the $300 package.
Full terms (payment, revisions, monthly plans) are on the pricing page.
FAQ
Have you edited survival game videos before?
Yes. I’ve edited survival videos for Puff (1.83M subscribers), Crazz (10.7K) and DakBlox (82.6K): hardcore and themed survival in Minecraft and 99 Nights in the Forest in Roblox, all on my YT Jobs profile. I haven’t edited PC survival games such as Rust, Valheim or 7 Days to Die for a client yet. Send a few minutes of your own footage and the free 1-minute test edit shows my cut before you pay.
Can you edit my survival game videos?
Yes. Send a few minutes of one session (one night, one raid or one building stretch) with your voice on a separate track if you have it, and I edit one minute of it for free, so you can judge the cut before paying. I edit long-form videos from 10 minutes to several hours and cut Shorts from them if you want them.
My sessions are three or four hours. Can you cut them to under an hour?
Yes. I would keep the days that change the story (the first night, the first death, the base, the big threat), compress the rest into time-lapses with a day counter and keep your commentary that links them.
Can you edit a day-by-day survival series?
Yes. I would set up the counter, the recap and the end card once and reuse them every episode, so the series looks the same from day 1 to day 50.
Do you edit co-op survival with friends?
Yes. Most of my survival work for Puff is co-op. Send each player’s recording if you have them, and I switch to the view where the action is.
How much does a survival game YouTube editor cost?
My price is $55–$150 per finished video depending on complexity; up to $300 for some long or complex edits. By finished length: up to 10 minutes $55, up to 20 minutes $150, up to 35 minutes $300; longer videos get a custom quote. No contract and no minimum.
Send me your survival game footage
Send me your channel link and one raw recording through the contact form. I’ll edit one minute of it for free and reply with an exact quote.
Or message me on Discord, if you prefer. My username:
kevintabaress